diff --git a/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenCV.cmake b/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenCV.cmake
index 293d788a..de4c0f39 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenCV.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenCV.cmake
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(${_proj_name}
   STAMP_DIR         ${_SB_BINARY_DIR}/stamp
   #--Download step--------------
   DOWNLOAD_DIR      ${SB_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
-  URL               https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/4.5.0.zip
+  URL               https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/4.11.0.zip
   #--Update/Patch step----------
   UPDATE_COMMAND    ""
   #--Configure step-------------
diff --git a/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenSfM.cmake b/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenSfM.cmake
index f50c8e85..4423b256 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenSfM.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenSfM.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ ProcessorCount(nproc)
 
 set(EXTRA_INCLUDE_DIRS "")
 if(WIN32)
-  set(OpenCV_DIR "${SB_INSTALL_DIR}/x64/vc16/lib")
+  if (MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION EQUAL 143)
+    set(OpenCV_DIR "${SB_INSTALL_DIR}/x64/vc17/lib")
+  elseif(MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION EQUAL 142)
+    set(OpenCV_DIR "${SB_INSTALL_DIR}/x64/vc16/lib")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported MSVC toolset version detected: ${MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION}")
+  endif()
   set(BUILD_CMD ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build "${SB_BUILD_DIR}/opensfm" --config "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 else()
   set(BUILD_CMD make "-j${nproc}")
diff --git a/SuperBuild/cmake/External-PDALPython.cmake b/SuperBuild/cmake/External-PDALPython.cmake
index 410b77bf..62847854 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/cmake/External-PDALPython.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/cmake/External-PDALPython.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ if (WIN32)
                     -DPython3_NumPy_INCLUDE_DIRS=${PYTHON_HOME}/lib/site-packages/numpy/core/include)
 endif()
 
+execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXE_PATH} "-V" OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_VERSION)
+string(STRIP ${PYTHON_VERSION} PYTHON_VERSION)
+if(NOT (${PYTHON_VERSION} MATCHES "Python 3.8.1"))
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Python 3.8.1 is bundled with ODM. To avoid version mismatches in built PDALPython libraries, please ensure this exact version is used during the build. Detected version: ${PYTHON_VERSION} (at ${PYTHON_EXE_PATH}).")
+endif()
+
 ExternalProject_Add(${_proj_name}
   DEPENDS           pdal
   PREFIX            ${_SB_BINARY_DIR}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dbfa3599..bf69f570 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ codem==0.24.0
 trimesh==3.17.1
 pandas==1.5.2
 piexif==1.1.3
+python-dateutil==2.9.0
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index ac9615ea..44d62aef 100755
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ if sys.version_info.major < 3:
     print("Ups! ODM needs to run with Python 3. It seems you launched it with Python 2. Try using: python3 run.py ... ")
     sys.exit(1)
 
+# Hack: early import cv2 because PIL init will break DLL loading.
+import cv2
+
 import os
 from opendm import log
 from opendm import config